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Thq are published at seven levels fern Eas starts (200 words) to Advanced (3 000 words). * 1 II I i Series Editors: Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter NEW EDITION ] 1 6 Advanced (3000 words) I U 5 Upper Intermediate (2300 words) I 1 1 4 Intermediate (1 700 words) 3 Pre-Intermediate ( 1200 words) 1 2 Elementary (600 words) I Beginner (300 words) Easystarts (200 words) ThsocluershaWlfmM~~JtrmssSantfromthe~WM~ {PMW Brldgeman Art Ubtary) [; Published and distributed by F Pearson Education Limited Thp Turn 9f the A [...]... out there, to the ghost that we s w by the lake I got up - I wanted to find another room a with windows that looked out onto the gasden The room in the tower w a s the best one It w a s a big, cold bedroom, nobody eves slept there I put my face against the glass of the window The garden w a s very bright in the moonlight Somebody w a s standing on the grass and staring up above me at the tower So there... are wicked, and they taught Flora and Miles to love wickedness.They're bad!' 'Yes, they were a wicked pair,' Mrs Grose said 'But what can they do now?They're dead.' 'They're still here! Their ghosts are looking for our children They can still take Miles and Flora from u! s' 'Oh, my goodness!' 'They wait in high, strange or dangerous places - the roof of the tower, the other side of the lake It's dangerous... grass and staring up above me at the tower So there was another person out there, on the roof of the tower But the person in the garden was not the ghost of the woman It w a s little Miles When E went down into the garden, Miles came in quietly with me, back to his bedroom 'Tell me now, Miles,' I said 'Why did you go out? What were you doing in the garden?' 'Will you understand?' he asked me, with his... his n The dog always comes when its .calls its name n This beautiful is married to a very rich man Rich p-le usually have .to cook their meals There has been a .accident in Oxford Road ' Afteryou read 3 What are the names of these people? a Jhe housekeeper at the big house b the child with gold hair c the beautiful boy d the man with the strange eyes 4 Answer these questions: a Who shows the goYerness... children ' r The summer changed into the autumn I didn't see any more ghosts, and I &d nothing -The sky w a s grey, and dead leaves Mew onto the grass Did the children see thing? Sometimes everything suddenly went quiet in the schoolroom I think that wicked pair were with us then I think, too, that the children could see them But usually, they were happy and worked hard They were very interested in their uncle... see the person too!' I thou&t.Then she turned away quickly from the lake Now I had to look up A woman was standing on the other side of the lake - a dreadful woman, dressed in black She was smring at Flora I knew that she w a s the ghost of Miss Jessel, the children; old governeqs 'Flora saw her too!'I told Mrs Gmse later 'Did she tell you?' Mrs Grose asked "No - and that makes it more terrible! The. .. wicked.' Chapters 7-8 Before you read B In these last two chapters one person dies Who do you think it will be? 9 Who will win in the end: the good people or the ghosts? After you read 10 The governess writes a letter What happens to it? I 1 At the end of Chapter 7, the governess cries for a long time Wtq( is she crying? 12 At the end of the story, Peter Quint returns He wants to stop Miles - from doing... he's handsome And he's wearing another person's clothes.' 'The master's!' she said 'You know this man?' She did not reply f r a second, then she answered, 'Quint o Peter Quint He was the master's servant He took some of his clothes - but never his bat.When the master left, Quint looked after everything in the house He w a s only 3 servant, but he gave the orders.' 'Then where did he go? 'Go? she said.'Oh... me I knew then that he was both wicked and dangerous But I was not ahid We stood and stared silently, and that was the strangest thing A murderer can talk, but a ghost cannot .The- n he turned,and &appeared at the bottom of the smia I returned to my ro0m.A candle was still burning there, and 1 saw that Flora's bed was empty I ran to her bed, frightened-Then I heard a sound She was hiding by the window... soon?' they asked me They wrote beautiful letters to him 'We can't send them to him,' I explained 'He's too busy Perhaps he'll come later in the year.' I wanted to speak to the children about the ghosts, but I couldn't find a way They smyed silent about them, and so did E Sometimes, alone, I thought about it all night, but my thoughts stayed secret Everything felt heavy, like a storm was coming Then the . tower. So there was another person out there, on the roof of the tower. But the person in the garden was not the ghost of the woman goodness!' 'They wait in high, strange or dangerous places - the roof of the tower, the other side of the lake. It's